A simple moment of joy. I wrote a new poem after I woke up this morning. It was entitled “happy” and it talked about how many moments of joy and happiness we miss because we’re working so hard and spending so much to find happiness and joy. There is so much in nature, or among our loved ones, or even strangers.

I was walking this afternoon and came across this leaf. It was like a ton of other leaves lying around but it just struck me and I was in the moment and I was taken by it. It brought me a small measure of happiness that no amount of money or effort could buy.

Let’s all try to spend some time engaging with our surroundings and letting the little, simple joys of life inspire or just pleasure us.